[CHUKWA-485] TsProcessor mis-handles some dates

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: Data Processors
• Assignee: William W. Graham Jr
• Reporter: William W. Graham Jr
• Created: 29/Apr/10 23:05
• Updated: 30/Apr/10 22:27
• Resolved: 30/Apr/10 22:27

Description

The configurable date format functionality in TsProcessor does the following to extract the date text to parse when a date regex isn't set:

recordEntry.substring(0, sdf.toPattern().length());

The problem with this approach is that some date formats aren't the same length as their corresponding text string and sdf.toPattern().length() produces the length of the former, not the latter. As an example the z format letter produces a timezone like 'PDT'.